Species Microcanthus strigatus (Cuvier, 1831)

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Chaetodon strigatus Cuvier, G.L. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1831. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 7 531 pp. pls 170-208. [25, pl. 170] [ex Langsdorff MS].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 8157 (stuffed), Japan.
• Neochaetodon vittatum Castelnau, F.L. de 1873. Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. 8. Fishes of Western Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria 2: 123-149 [130].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP A–4567, Fremantle district, WA.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [248]
• Marshall, T.C. 1964. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coastal Waters of Queensland. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 566 pp. 136 pls. [258]

 

Generic Combinations

• Microcanthus strigatus (Cuvier, 1831). —
  Swainson, W. 1839. The natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, and reptiles. In, Lardner, D. The Cabinet of Natural History. Vol. 2 London : Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, and John Taylor 452 pp. 135 figs. [170, 215] (changed combination as type of genus Microcanthus)
• Microcanthus vittatus (Castelnau, 1873). —
  Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [46] (1288)
  Kuiter, R.H. 2002. Butterflyfishes, Bannerfishes and their Relatives. Chorleywood, U.K. : TMC Publishing 208 pp. [200] (recognised as valid species from Western Australia)

 

Introduction

Species limits re-defined following Tea & Gill (2020) and Tea et al. (2019) who provide evidence of divergent clades within the previously monotypic Microcanthus. They removed M. joyceae from synonymy with M. strigatus for the SW Pacific form present on the east coast of Australia, and retained M. strigatus for the species from Western Australia and the NW Pacific.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cape Leeuwin (33°22'S) to Exmouth Gulf (22°S), WA; subtropical, antitropical (Japan, Hawaii).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, inshore, marine, rock reef.

 

General References

Carpenter, K.E. 2001. Girellidae, Scorpididae, Microcanthidae. pp. 3297-3303 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 5 2791-3379 pp. [3303]

Edgar, G.J. 2008. Australian Marine Life: the plants and animals of temperate waters. Sydney : Reed New Holland 2nd edn, 624 pp. [525]

Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp. [68, 133]

Hutchins, J.B. & Thompson, M. 1983. The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of South-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 103 pp. 345 figs. [42, 82]

Kuiter, R.H. 2002. Butterflyfishes, Bannerfishes and their Relatives. Chorleywood, U.K. : TMC Publishing 208 pp. [201] (as M. vittatus)

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [248]

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [216]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [46] (1288, as Microcanthus vittatus)

 

Common Name References

Carpenter, K.E. 2001. Girellidae, Scorpididae, Microcanthidae. pp. 3297-3303 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 5 2791-3379 pp. [3303] (FAO) (Stripey)

Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [376] (Footballer)

Kuiter, R.H. 2002. Butterflyfishes, Bannerfishes and their Relatives. Chorleywood, U.K. : TMC Publishing 208 pp. [200] (as M. joycea) (Eastern Stripey, Western Stripey)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Stripey)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
13-Apr-2023	MICROCANTHIDAE	08-Dec-2022	MODIFIED	Dr Matthew Lockett (ABRS)
25-Feb-2012		25-Feb-2012	MOVED
23-Feb-2015		13-Feb-2012	MOVED
23-Nov-2012		11-Jan-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED